WEBVTT - Netflix cracks down on password sharing 0:00:10.760 --> 0:00:16.680 Everyone's going wild over NFTs. Netflix cracks down on sharing, 0:00:18.360 --> 0:00:23.400 using Siri to find the best gas prices. Plus your 0:00:23.520 --> 0:00:27.360 tech questions answered, What's going on? I'm Rich Tomorrow and 0:00:27.440 --> 0:00:30.040 this is Rich on Tech, the podcast where I talk 0:00:30.080 --> 0:00:32.479 about the tech stuff I think you should know about. 0:00:32.880 --> 0:00:35.800 It's also the place where I answer the questions you 0:00:36.200 --> 0:00:39.960 send me. I'm the tech reporter at KTLA Channel five 0:00:40.080 --> 0:00:41.280 in Los Angeles. 0:00:42.840 --> 0:00:44.440 You may also find me on. 0:00:44.760 --> 0:00:48.479 Other stations around the US. So the company that owns 0:00:48.640 --> 0:00:53.080 KTLA also has like one hundred something stations across the nation. 0:00:53.320 --> 0:00:55.800 So I get a lot of emails. 0:00:55.360 --> 0:00:58.440 These days or texts and tweets or whatever from people saying, oh, 0:00:58.480 --> 0:01:01.639 I saw you in Hawaii, I saw you in New Mexico, 0:01:02.000 --> 0:01:02.680 saw you in. 0:01:03.280 --> 0:01:05.080 I don't know wherever. So it's kind of fun. 0:01:05.160 --> 0:01:07.160 So if you found me in one of those places, 0:01:07.240 --> 0:01:11.200 thank you for tuning in and listening. And what a 0:01:11.200 --> 0:01:16.040 week it's been in Los Angeles, because well, it's snowed 0:01:16.160 --> 0:01:20.640 in my backyard. In my backyard, there was well maybe 0:01:20.640 --> 0:01:23.600 it wasn't snow, but it was definitely something that resembled snow, 0:01:24.520 --> 0:01:28.039 and I guess it was technically hal or. Someone told 0:01:28.080 --> 0:01:31.120 me it was something called gropple. I don't know. But 0:01:31.319 --> 0:01:33.240 the point is when your kid is in the other 0:01:33.319 --> 0:01:35.920 room distance learning, and you're in your office and you 0:01:36.000 --> 0:01:39.039 hear wild screaming and you run over there to see 0:01:39.040 --> 0:01:42.360 what happened, and you'll look outside the back door and 0:01:42.400 --> 0:01:45.960 it's just totally a winter wonderland. I couldn't believe it. 0:01:45.959 --> 0:01:49.160 It was pretty awesome. So I don't think I've ever 0:01:49.200 --> 0:01:53.040 seen that happen in Los Angeles ever, now, given we 0:01:53.080 --> 0:01:55.440 have the mountains here, and so of course if you're 0:01:55.480 --> 0:01:57.800 in the mountains, they're very familiar with snow and hail 0:01:57.840 --> 0:01:59.840 and sleet and all that stuff. But when you just 0:02:00.080 --> 0:02:02.720 of in like La proper like I do, and it's 0:02:02.720 --> 0:02:05.920 coming down in your backyard, that's pretty wild. So I 0:02:05.960 --> 0:02:07.960 got a cool video on my Instagram of me kind 0:02:08.000 --> 0:02:09.120 of picking up whatever this is. 0:02:09.160 --> 0:02:10.280 Whatever this was, you. 0:02:10.240 --> 0:02:15.280 Know, snow, hail, sleet, gropple, whatever it was. I picked 0:02:15.280 --> 0:02:18.639 it up and it felt pretty amazing for a minute. 0:02:19.040 --> 0:02:21.080 And then, by the way, it all melted in about 0:02:21.080 --> 0:02:24.000 a half an hour to an hour afterwards, So that 0:02:24.160 --> 0:02:26.440 generally happens. But it's also been raining in La so 0:02:26.680 --> 0:02:29.000 it's been kind of wild weather. Here in Los Angeles 0:02:29.040 --> 0:02:31.800 and probably across the nation. I know, you know, there's 0:02:31.840 --> 0:02:34.560 been a snowstorms and this and that, so hopefully you're 0:02:34.560 --> 0:02:37.360 good where you are. But let's get to the first 0:02:37.440 --> 0:02:42.720 item of business here. Tea Mobile is stepping up targeting advertising. 0:02:42.760 --> 0:02:44.400 This is the Wall Street Journal. 0:02:44.480 --> 0:02:47.280 They first noticed this, but they sent an email or 0:02:47.320 --> 0:02:49.519 I guess they just updated their privacy policy. I don't 0:02:49.520 --> 0:02:52.720 know how they found this, but they said, starting April 0:02:52.760 --> 0:02:57.320 twenty sixth, Tea Mobile subscribers will basically have whatever they 0:02:57.360 --> 0:03:01.160 do on their phone tracked by Team Mobile. And I mean, 0:03:01.200 --> 0:03:03.120 I guess that's always been going on, but now they're 0:03:03.120 --> 0:03:06.560 going to use that information to target advertising. So they're 0:03:06.560 --> 0:03:09.359 not just you know, these companies don't just overtly share 0:03:09.520 --> 0:03:12.399 your information. But what they do is they build a database. 0:03:12.600 --> 0:03:15.639 So let's say I'm an advertiser and I want to 0:03:15.720 --> 0:03:19.040 sell you socks, and so I go on to the 0:03:19.080 --> 0:03:22.040 T mobile, you know, advertising back end, and I say, 0:03:22.120 --> 0:03:24.480 I want to target everyone who has looked up socks 0:03:25.120 --> 0:03:28.200 or any sort of you know, undergarments in the last 0:03:28.400 --> 0:03:33.080 six months, and boom, now you see my ad inserted 0:03:33.120 --> 0:03:34.960 on any of those pages or wherever you go. 0:03:35.080 --> 0:03:35.440 Whatever. 0:03:35.480 --> 0:03:38.560 However, T Mobile does ads. I don't know, but you know, 0:03:38.680 --> 0:03:41.280 so you would see my ad in all those places. 0:03:41.320 --> 0:03:45.560 So historically I guess they didn't really do this, but 0:03:45.800 --> 0:03:48.680 you know, the reality is TEA Mobile said, you know, 0:03:49.640 --> 0:03:51.880 we've heard they told the Wall Street Journal, We've heard 0:03:51.960 --> 0:03:54.680 many say they prefer more relevant ads. So we're defaulting 0:03:54.680 --> 0:03:57.120 to this setting. So this is a default for sixty 0:03:57.160 --> 0:03:58.760 million people. And what does that do? 0:03:59.120 --> 0:04:01.440 That just turns off on a lot of money. 0:04:01.600 --> 0:04:03.960 It's like a money spigot that T Mobile is turning 0:04:03.960 --> 0:04:06.920 on because guess what, no matter what you use, unless 0:04:06.920 --> 0:04:10.520 you're on a VPN, you know, if you're incognito mode 0:04:10.640 --> 0:04:14.320 or you know, whatever browser you're using, pretty much a 0:04:14.360 --> 0:04:17.240 lot of these times, you're still your ISP still gets 0:04:17.279 --> 0:04:20.159 to see what you're doing. And so a T Mobile 0:04:20.160 --> 0:04:23.120 in this case is the ISP Internet service provider. They're 0:04:23.120 --> 0:04:25.560 the ones that actually serve up the website on the 0:04:25.600 --> 0:04:28.400 back end using their data and your data plan if 0:04:28.440 --> 0:04:30.840 you're not on your WiFi, and so they see kind 0:04:30.839 --> 0:04:33.120 of where you're going and they say, okay, this person 0:04:33.320 --> 0:04:38.720 likes scooters, they like tropical vacations, they like socks. And 0:04:38.760 --> 0:04:41.240 so now when those companies come to target them boom. 0:04:41.320 --> 0:04:41.880 They can do that. 0:04:42.760 --> 0:04:45.320 So if you don't like this idea, you can actually 0:04:45.600 --> 0:04:47.960 opt out, and the way you do it is that 0:04:48.040 --> 0:04:51.000 you go into the T mobile app, or you can 0:04:51.080 --> 0:04:53.800 go there's a sprint way to opt out and a 0:04:53.880 --> 0:04:56.359 metro way to opt out. I put the instructions for 0:04:56.440 --> 0:04:58.359 T Mobile. I'll put them in the in the notes 0:04:58.640 --> 0:05:04.120 because I shared this street Journal article. But they're apparently paywalled, 0:05:04.480 --> 0:05:06.960 so you can't really just see these instructions that they 0:05:07.000 --> 0:05:09.039 put on there. But I'll put the instructions. T Mobile 0:05:09.040 --> 0:05:12.120 actually put out a YouTube video with instructions on how 0:05:12.120 --> 0:05:13.640 to do it. So if you want to opt out, 0:05:14.040 --> 0:05:15.880 I'm kind of like one of those people that I 0:05:15.880 --> 0:05:18.800 would rather see an ad that's targeted than not, I guess, 0:05:18.920 --> 0:05:22.080 but I also see why you know this is I 0:05:22.160 --> 0:05:24.360 call these those follow me ads, the ads that just 0:05:24.400 --> 0:05:27.359 follow you from place to place to place. So a 0:05:27.400 --> 0:05:29.719 lot of this stuff, well this may not be that, 0:05:29.839 --> 0:05:32.279 but anyway, the point is, you know, if you don't 0:05:32.320 --> 0:05:35.960 like your information sliced and diced and shared then or targeted, 0:05:35.960 --> 0:05:37.480 then you probably want to opt out of this. 0:05:37.800 --> 0:05:37.920 Now. 0:05:37.960 --> 0:05:42.479 T Mobile does say that your your personal identity is 0:05:42.560 --> 0:05:46.600 not linked to the data that you have. Right, so 0:05:46.760 --> 0:05:49.520 all your they don't know you as like Rich DeMuro 0:05:49.680 --> 0:05:52.960 that likes socks. It's just this person likes socks, and 0:05:53.040 --> 0:05:55.680 so you should target your ads towards this person. But 0:05:55.760 --> 0:05:58.480 the reality is, we know, over and over, I've heard 0:05:58.480 --> 0:06:01.520 this and seen this from so many people that they 0:06:01.520 --> 0:06:03.880 don't just use one database per se. A lot of 0:06:03.920 --> 0:06:09.279 times these very advanced advertising systems will merge various databases. 0:06:09.320 --> 0:06:11.520 So just because T Mobile doesn't hand over your ID, 0:06:11.920 --> 0:06:13.920 believe me, there's other ways for them to get it. 0:06:13.960 --> 0:06:16.360 So at the end of the day, they pretty much 0:06:16.360 --> 0:06:23.000 know everything they need to know about you. All right, 0:06:23.080 --> 0:06:25.560 let's get to the first Uh is this a question? 0:06:25.680 --> 0:06:27.960 This looks like some feedback? All right, hey, Rich, just 0:06:27.960 --> 0:06:31.039 some simple feedback regarding your product recommendations. The Apple home 0:06:31.040 --> 0:06:33.919 Pod Mini, recommended so highly, has turned out to be 0:06:34.000 --> 0:06:36.920 a bust. The sound quality pales in comparison to the 0:06:37.000 --> 0:06:40.520 JBL Flip five. The Mini has become unreliable by not 0:06:40.560 --> 0:06:42.880 responding to touch or voice command for Siri. 0:06:44.320 --> 0:06:44.839 That's weird. 0:06:45.560 --> 0:06:48.200 We're trying to return the unit, but Apple insists it's 0:06:48.200 --> 0:06:51.920 inspected by their Genius bar. First, I previously purchased the 0:06:52.000 --> 0:06:55.360 JBL Flip five speaker for our sun It has rechargeable batteries, 0:06:55.440 --> 0:07:00.159 it's completely portable, the volume is better. Let's see on 0:07:00.240 --> 0:07:02.520 circles around the Apple home Pod Mini, all for the 0:07:02.560 --> 0:07:03.240 same price. 0:07:04.160 --> 0:07:04.520 Okay. 0:07:04.640 --> 0:07:06.640 Also, the Wise products are starting out to be a 0:07:06.680 --> 0:07:08.719 bust too. If you want further details, let me know. 0:07:08.760 --> 0:07:11.640 The cameras and sensors keep going offline. The batteries don't last. 0:07:11.640 --> 0:07:15.760 When I replace the batteries, the sensors and motion sensors 0:07:15.760 --> 0:07:18.640 still state the batteries need replacement. I can't trust Wise 0:07:18.680 --> 0:07:21.320 as a security product because of these issues. Jim in 0:07:21.360 --> 0:07:26.000 Orange County, Well, Jim, uh yeah, Well look, I mean 0:07:26.040 --> 0:07:26.640 here's the deal. 0:07:27.560 --> 0:07:28.680 And I say this over and over. 0:07:28.920 --> 0:07:31.560 Just because I say to get something does not mean 0:07:31.640 --> 0:07:32.920 that it is the end all. 0:07:33.320 --> 0:07:34.920 You just go out and run out and buy it. 0:07:35.000 --> 0:07:38.760 Like I am just one opinion in a sea of 0:07:38.880 --> 0:07:41.600 many opinions, and with the Internet, there are so many 0:07:41.680 --> 0:07:44.720 opinions out there. So my opinion is that the old 0:07:44.760 --> 0:07:47.679 Apple HomePod Mini is amazing, and I still think it's amazing, 0:07:47.920 --> 0:07:50.520 And yeah, are there things that can be improved, of course, 0:07:50.600 --> 0:07:53.200 like any first generation product or any product in general, 0:07:53.640 --> 0:07:58.840 but for the ninety nine dollars that I you see 0:07:58.880 --> 0:08:02.080 this thing as I think it's amazing as an iPhone companion. 0:08:02.360 --> 0:08:05.680 And yes, the JBL Flip five is a totally different product. 0:08:06.120 --> 0:08:10.440 That's a wireless, portable Bluetooth speaker. So that's that's something 0:08:10.480 --> 0:08:13.760 that's totally different than what the HomePod Mini is. The 0:08:13.800 --> 0:08:16.720 HomePod Mini is, you know, a smart home device. It 0:08:16.760 --> 0:08:20.200 connects you to the Apple ecosystem. It sounds good for 0:08:20.280 --> 0:08:22.240 the size. Yes, you have to keep it plugged into 0:08:22.280 --> 0:08:23.680 the wall, but that's what it is. It's a it's 0:08:23.680 --> 0:08:25.840 part of a you can group them, which I don't 0:08:25.880 --> 0:08:28.400 believe you could do with the Flip five. So you know, 0:08:28.440 --> 0:08:30.000 the reality is if it didn't work out for you, 0:08:30.040 --> 0:08:32.439 I'm totally fine with that. Like clearly I'm O for 0:08:32.520 --> 0:08:35.240 two with my recommendations for you, but it doesn't mean 0:08:35.280 --> 0:08:38.400 that they are bad recommendations. I've gotten many emails from 0:08:38.400 --> 0:08:40.560 people saying how impressed they are with the HomePod Mini. 0:08:40.920 --> 0:08:43.199 I personally still think it's amazing. I've bought them for 0:08:43.320 --> 0:08:47.120 my sister. She thinks it's amazing. The wisecam I mean, 0:08:47.360 --> 0:08:50.000 I haven't gotten a lot of negative feedback about the Wyscam. 0:08:50.000 --> 0:08:53.600 In fact, I would say ninety nine percent of tech 0:08:53.640 --> 0:08:58.400 reviewers love the wise products, myself included. And so you know, 0:08:58.440 --> 0:09:02.040 specifically with the outdoor cam, yes, the battery does run down. 0:09:02.200 --> 0:09:04.680 It could run down very fast depending on how often 0:09:04.720 --> 0:09:07.720 it's being activated. Now, I will tell you that I 0:09:07.760 --> 0:09:15.560 have been testing a device from Wasserman It's called or 0:09:15.640 --> 0:09:20.199 sorry Wasserstein Wasserstein Home and this has been amazing for 0:09:20.360 --> 0:09:24.360 the wise Cam outdoor. It is fantastic. I'm trying to 0:09:24.360 --> 0:09:26.440 get it into a segment on KTLA, but it's just 0:09:26.440 --> 0:09:28.400 one of these things where I can't do a full 0:09:28.440 --> 0:09:30.800 segment on this thing. But it's really cool and I 0:09:30.840 --> 0:09:32.960 love it, so I just have to, you know, work 0:09:33.000 --> 0:09:35.400 it into like a roundup or something. But I will 0:09:35.440 --> 0:09:38.000 be featuring it because I just think it really extends 0:09:38.040 --> 0:09:43.240 the use of this outdoor camera. And it's the Wasserstein 0:09:43.440 --> 0:09:47.960 solar panel and you plug it into the Wisecam outdoor 0:09:48.400 --> 0:09:50.680 and you put it in a sunny spot and boom, 0:09:50.920 --> 0:09:53.640 you never have to charge your wys cam ever. Again, 0:09:53.720 --> 0:09:56.679 I've been using this now for probably a month and 0:09:57.320 --> 0:09:59.920 I have not had to charge my camera at all. 0:10:00.080 --> 0:10:02.760 And I will tell you right now, my backyard camera 0:10:02.920 --> 0:10:07.000 is at one hundred percent and it's been there for month, 0:10:07.080 --> 0:10:09.480 for a month now, and so I really really like 0:10:09.559 --> 0:10:12.720 this thing. I think for thirty six ninety nine, normally 0:10:12.760 --> 0:10:15.360 forty five. It's on sale right now. Apparently it is 0:10:15.440 --> 0:10:17.280 just one of those things that is like a no brainer. 0:10:17.320 --> 0:10:19.360 And if you look around your neighborhood, this is not 0:10:19.440 --> 0:10:21.440 a new idea. You see a lot of these things. 0:10:21.480 --> 0:10:25.240 Like it's basically a flat panel that you aim on 0:10:25.280 --> 0:10:27.880 your roof towards the sky. It has it must have 0:10:27.960 --> 0:10:30.679 some sort of battery inside, because when I first got it, 0:10:30.679 --> 0:10:32.360 it didn't work. I told the company, I said, this 0:10:32.360 --> 0:10:33.719 thing doesn't even work, and they said, well, you have 0:10:33.800 --> 0:10:35.400 to keep it out in the sun for ten hours 0:10:36.040 --> 0:10:37.679 charge your Okay, So you keep it out in the 0:10:37.720 --> 0:10:40.560 sun for ten hours without plugging it into the camera, 0:10:40.920 --> 0:10:43.400 then you charge your camera fully to one hundred percent, 0:10:43.480 --> 0:10:45.480 and then you plug it in, You keep it in 0:10:45.559 --> 0:10:48.120 the sun, and boom, your camera will stay one hundred percent. 0:10:48.200 --> 0:10:50.480 At least that's been my experience. I'll link this up 0:10:50.520 --> 0:10:50.839 in the. 0:10:51.040 --> 0:10:54.480 Notes, but I got to say that really changed the 0:10:54.520 --> 0:10:57.760 game for me with this wisecamout door and So, Jim, 0:10:57.960 --> 0:10:59.600 as much as I know you don't trust wise, I 0:10:59.600 --> 0:11:02.440 think they are a fantastic products. The thing that I've 0:11:02.440 --> 0:11:04.760 gotten the feedback on the most has been the shipping 0:11:05.120 --> 0:11:07.160 and kind of like people ordering things and it's taken 0:11:07.160 --> 0:11:08.960 a while to get But other than that, I mean, 0:11:09.000 --> 0:11:12.120 the actual cameras are are pretty phenomenal for the price 0:11:12.400 --> 0:11:14.959 that these things charge. So Jim, thanks for the feedback. 0:11:15.000 --> 0:11:17.760 I always welcome feedback, good or bad, and believe me, 0:11:17.800 --> 0:11:20.520 I get a lot of it. And you know, it's 0:11:20.559 --> 0:11:24.640 it's it's all good, all right. So everyone is going 0:11:24.679 --> 0:11:28.120 wild over these things called NFTs, and it's just it's 0:11:28.200 --> 0:11:31.920 such like it's one of these things where it's so 0:11:32.080 --> 0:11:34.800 weird how you see something once and all of a sudden, 0:11:34.800 --> 0:11:37.440 it's just like a flood. It's like it arrives. Like 0:11:37.520 --> 0:11:40.840 everything is now referencing an NFT on the internet. 0:11:41.400 --> 0:11:43.400 So what is an NFT. I broke it down. 0:11:43.440 --> 0:11:46.680 I talked to someone that's an expert and I, you know, 0:11:46.760 --> 0:11:49.679 try to explain this on KTLA in my segment and 0:11:49.760 --> 0:11:53.240 it's really tough because I don't even really understand it. 0:11:53.280 --> 0:11:57.600 But the reality is NFT stands for non fungible Token 0:11:58.200 --> 0:11:59.880 and if you want to think of these in this 0:12:00.080 --> 0:12:03.640 simplest terms, it's basically a collectible like a beanie baby 0:12:04.120 --> 0:12:08.520 or a baseball card, but it only exists online. And 0:12:08.559 --> 0:12:10.400 so a lot of these things that people have been 0:12:10.400 --> 0:12:13.240 selling have been, you know, a piece of digital art 0:12:13.400 --> 0:12:16.520 or you can do anything as an NFT anything like 0:12:16.640 --> 0:12:18.439 and it doesn't have to be digital. But for the 0:12:18.559 --> 0:12:21.480 terms of me explaining this, I will keep it digital. 0:12:21.480 --> 0:12:24.640 But theoretically you could extend it to something that's physical 0:12:24.679 --> 0:12:27.679 as well. But let's say you have the Mona Lisa. 0:12:27.760 --> 0:12:32.760 There are many Mona Lisa paintings or recreations around the world, 0:12:32.840 --> 0:12:35.440 you know, copies, but there's only one. So that one 0:12:35.640 --> 0:12:39.480 Mona Lisa is is a collectible. It's a valuable item 0:12:39.520 --> 0:12:42.160 that is non fungible. Right, you can't make another one 0:12:42.160 --> 0:12:43.920 of them, but a copy if you put on a 0:12:43.920 --> 0:12:45.760 T shirt that's fungible, it's like, you know, you can 0:12:45.760 --> 0:12:47.480 make a million of them. So that's kind of the 0:12:47.520 --> 0:12:50.560 base thing, is that there can only be one and 0:12:50.600 --> 0:12:53.800 then one. Once you have this one thing, you sell 0:12:53.840 --> 0:12:56.320 it and it's it's a token and it's part of 0:12:56.720 --> 0:12:59.440 the blockchain, and so you say this is a sign 0:12:59.559 --> 0:13:02.640 to you, and so it really comes down to scarcity. 0:13:03.800 --> 0:13:07.679 So a couple examples. I gave a rare original arcade game, 0:13:07.920 --> 0:13:10.600 you know, like an arcade console is non fungible, you 0:13:10.640 --> 0:13:12.719 can't make another one. So when I buy that, it's 0:13:12.800 --> 0:13:14.960 valuable because it's like a pac Man original in my 0:13:15.080 --> 0:13:18.600 house right. A gaming chip from a casino non fungible. 0:13:18.679 --> 0:13:21.200 That's let's say the casino is gone, like it's imploded 0:13:21.320 --> 0:13:23.679 or whatever. You know, that's non fungible because it's a 0:13:23.679 --> 0:13:27.040 collector's item. A twenty dollars bill, Now this is interesting. 0:13:27.360 --> 0:13:31.440 A twenty dollars bill is fungible and non fungible. So 0:13:31.600 --> 0:13:34.320 it's fungible because if I lent you twenty dollars and 0:13:34.360 --> 0:13:36.800 you paid me back, I wouldn't I wouldn't expect to 0:13:36.800 --> 0:13:38.800 get the same exact twenty dollars bill back that I 0:13:38.840 --> 0:13:42.360 gave you, So that means it's fungible. But let's say 0:13:42.720 --> 0:13:45.440 I did expect it back, because every twenty dollars bill 0:13:45.480 --> 0:13:48.080 has a serial number on it that's non fungible. Like 0:13:48.200 --> 0:13:49.520 if I was like, no, you got to give me 0:13:49.559 --> 0:13:52.160 the exact same twenty back in a week, which nobody 0:13:52.200 --> 0:13:54.360 would ever say that would be non fungible. So if 0:13:54.360 --> 0:13:57.440 you understand the difference between fungible and non fungible, you 0:13:57.520 --> 0:13:59.079 sort of understand NFTs. 0:13:59.640 --> 0:13:59.920 Now. 0:14:01.320 --> 0:14:03.640 People have been spending a lot of money on these NFTs. 0:14:03.720 --> 0:14:05.840 That's because you buy them with cryptocurrency, and a lot 0:14:05.880 --> 0:14:09.240 of people have these big cryptocurrency balances because that's gone up. 0:14:10.080 --> 0:14:13.439 Open c is one of the big online marketplaces for NFTs, 0:14:14.080 --> 0:14:16.280 and you know, some people are using them as an investment. 0:14:16.440 --> 0:14:18.240 Some people are using them as like, oh, this is 0:14:18.280 --> 0:14:21.400 really cool, like the Kings of Leon, you know, put 0:14:21.400 --> 0:14:22.800 an album out as an NFT. 0:14:23.080 --> 0:14:25.320 You buy it, it's yours, and you know you love. 0:14:25.200 --> 0:14:26.880 It because it's a collectible and it's like the first 0:14:26.920 --> 0:14:28.760 time they've done it, and it's really cool to you. 0:14:29.160 --> 0:14:32.640 But other people are just speculating. Let's see the other 0:14:32.720 --> 0:14:34.800 thing to know about NFTs, And this is what I 0:14:34.800 --> 0:14:38.040 thought was the most interesting part of n fts compared 0:14:38.120 --> 0:14:42.880 to say a let's say you bought a one of 0:14:42.880 --> 0:14:45.600 a kind painting in real life from someone, right, Well, 0:14:45.640 --> 0:14:47.120 when you go to sell that, you have to have 0:14:47.160 --> 0:14:50.640 some sort of leather letter of authenticity or you know, 0:14:50.680 --> 0:14:53.720 an auction house would verify that that's a unique item. 0:14:54.000 --> 0:14:58.160 But with NFTs, what's really interesting is that they are 0:14:58.640 --> 0:15:03.320 ownership and authenticity is public and provable thanks to the blockchain. 0:15:03.680 --> 0:15:06.440 And that's the same blockchain that powers cryptocurrency. It's the 0:15:06.480 --> 0:15:11.960 same idea that cryptocurrency is all. You know, it's all verifiable, right, 0:15:12.040 --> 0:15:13.920 Like what you own is verified by Math. 0:15:14.000 --> 0:15:14.360 It doesn't. 0:15:14.400 --> 0:15:15.920 You don't have to go to Chase Bank and say, hey, 0:15:16.000 --> 0:15:18.240 do I have a one hundred dollars in cryptocurrency? No, 0:15:18.400 --> 0:15:21.840 like anyone can verify through Math that you own that 0:15:21.960 --> 0:15:23.720 money and it's yours and you can transfer it to 0:15:23.720 --> 0:15:27.560 someone else. Same thing with NFTs. So I don't know 0:15:27.600 --> 0:15:29.520 if I'm doing a good job of explaining this. Hopefully 0:15:29.520 --> 0:15:31.480 it makes a little sense and you get a little 0:15:31.600 --> 0:15:34.480 idea of what people are going wild over. But the 0:15:34.560 --> 0:15:36.520 easiest way to think about it is it's just something 0:15:36.560 --> 0:15:40.320 that exists in digital form and you buy it with bitcoin, 0:15:40.440 --> 0:15:42.520 and it's a collector's item and it's one of a kind, 0:15:42.680 --> 0:15:46.560 and even though it could be replicated, you the original 0:15:46.760 --> 0:15:49.880 is verifiable thanks to that blockchain technology. 0:15:50.000 --> 0:15:51.600 So there you have it. 0:15:55.240 --> 0:15:59.160 Richard, good morning. Have you ever reviewed the photostick mobile 0:15:59.320 --> 0:16:02.280 or Infinite Cloud, which is a better bite, do you 0:16:02.320 --> 0:16:05.000 recommend something else? Just want to copy photos to free 0:16:05.080 --> 0:16:07.720 up space, to take up more or to take more? 0:16:07.760 --> 0:16:09.960 Thanks in Advanced Richard sent for my iPhone. 0:16:11.240 --> 0:16:12.160 Okay, so, if. 0:16:12.000 --> 0:16:14.560 You've listened to this podcast for a while, I've gotten 0:16:14.600 --> 0:16:17.880 this question over and over and over, and I got 0:16:17.920 --> 0:16:20.600 to hand it to Photostick Mobile and Infinity Cloud. You 0:16:20.960 --> 0:16:23.120 really have done a good job of marketing your products. 0:16:24.400 --> 0:16:28.320 But when I go to your websites, that's when the 0:16:28.440 --> 0:16:32.680 party is over, because these websites are something that I 0:16:32.720 --> 0:16:37.640 would not really purchase from because they are you know. Actually, 0:16:37.720 --> 0:16:41.920 I'm looking at the Infinity Cloud one and you know this, 0:16:42.120 --> 0:16:46.360 it doesn't look as scammy as I thought. So, but 0:16:46.480 --> 0:16:48.200 here's the thing, Ah, this is kind of weird. It 0:16:48.280 --> 0:16:51.040 only has four hundred and twenty seven ratings on their app. 0:16:51.640 --> 0:16:55.640 That's kind of weird. That's not very much. Hmm. 0:16:57.080 --> 0:16:59.120 Well, at any rate, I'm gonna I'm gonna have to 0:16:59.240 --> 0:17:01.760 order one of these things and I'm gonna have to 0:17:01.840 --> 0:17:05.480 see exactly how they work because I keep poopooing them 0:17:05.600 --> 0:17:09.240 and I shouldn't poopoo them as much. I should really 0:17:09.840 --> 0:17:13.600 see how they work and really try it for myself. 0:17:13.680 --> 0:17:18.040 So with that said, generally, I don't recommend these because 0:17:19.400 --> 0:17:22.080 you know this, this Infinity cloud actually doesn't look that bad, 0:17:22.119 --> 0:17:23.879 but I have I need to test it out. But 0:17:23.960 --> 0:17:26.040 the thing that I have tested and I do recommend 0:17:26.119 --> 0:17:30.439 is the sand Disc I expand sand Disc I x 0:17:30.600 --> 0:17:33.280 P A N D and you plug this little flask 0:17:33.320 --> 0:17:35.600 drive into your iPhone, you download this software. 0:17:35.600 --> 0:17:36.359 It's got an app. 0:17:36.400 --> 0:17:40.199 It'll even prompt you to download the software and boom, 0:17:40.240 --> 0:17:42.760 all your photos are backed up and videos to this 0:17:42.800 --> 0:17:45.760 little flask drive and then you can erase them off 0:17:45.760 --> 0:17:47.960 your phone and have more more storage. 0:17:48.000 --> 0:17:49.400 Now, I would not. 0:17:49.359 --> 0:17:51.600 Recommend doing that unless you have these also in a 0:17:51.600 --> 0:17:54.439 different place, because if you ever lost this flash drive, boom, 0:17:54.480 --> 0:17:57.200 all your pictures are gone, so you need to also 0:17:57.240 --> 0:17:59.560 back them up. I would recommend something like Google Photos 0:18:00.119 --> 0:18:03.080 or Amazon Photos, whatever you want, get them somewhere else 0:18:03.240 --> 0:18:06.359 and get them backed up. It's getting tougher and tougher 0:18:06.720 --> 0:18:11.240 to find free cloud storage these days, so you know 0:18:11.359 --> 0:18:14.600 that's the main trick here is that everyone's starting to 0:18:14.880 --> 0:18:17.200 kind of turn that little clamp. 0:18:16.800 --> 0:18:19.240 A little bit tighter. Right, It's like a little vice 0:18:19.320 --> 0:18:22.440 gript It's like we're gonna squeeze just a little bit 0:18:22.480 --> 0:18:24.679 of money out of you to store your photos. 0:18:25.160 --> 0:18:30.199 Before it was all free and amazing Google Google Photos, 0:18:30.240 --> 0:18:34.000 you still get fifteen gigs of storage. On iCloud you 0:18:34.000 --> 0:18:36.560 get five gigs, which most people power through in about 0:18:36.680 --> 0:18:40.439 one backup. And then on Amazon Photos if you're a 0:18:40.600 --> 0:18:43.560 Prime member, you get unlimited storage for your photos, but 0:18:43.680 --> 0:18:46.000 they only give you five. I think it's five gigs 0:18:46.000 --> 0:18:48.240 of storage for your videos, which doesn't really get you 0:18:48.359 --> 0:18:50.840 very far. And I like the idea of one of 0:18:50.880 --> 0:18:54.560 these little drives to you know, offload some pictures, but honestly, 0:18:54.680 --> 0:18:57.240 like I think it's just better in the cloud, Like 0:18:57.320 --> 0:19:00.639 why go through this whole process of of putting it 0:19:00.680 --> 0:19:03.600 on this thing that can like break or get lost 0:19:03.760 --> 0:19:06.560 or stolen or anything, when you know, put it in 0:19:06.600 --> 0:19:08.480 the cloud and you have a much better chance of 0:19:08.520 --> 0:19:11.560 it of it lasting because you know, the cloud is 0:19:11.600 --> 0:19:12.560 the cloud. 0:19:12.680 --> 0:19:13.760 So that's my advice. 0:19:14.280 --> 0:19:16.600 I will try to get one of these things, either 0:19:16.640 --> 0:19:19.240 one or both in the Photostick Mobile or the Infinity 0:19:19.240 --> 0:19:21.680 Cloud to really test them out and see maybe they're 0:19:21.720 --> 0:19:24.639 not so bad. But again, I think the cloud is 0:19:24.640 --> 0:19:26.640 a better place to do this. I know it costs 0:19:26.640 --> 0:19:28.919 a little bit more, but I just think it's a 0:19:28.920 --> 0:19:30.160 more secure way of doing it. 0:19:30.240 --> 0:19:30.720 Anyway. 0:19:30.840 --> 0:19:32.720 But if you want to go with one of these things, 0:19:32.720 --> 0:19:34.960 I would say in the meantime, check out the sand 0:19:34.960 --> 0:19:39.639 disc I expand all right, I was just in Santa 0:19:39.640 --> 0:19:40.600 Barbara yesterday. 0:19:41.520 --> 0:19:42.199 My my, my. 0:19:42.359 --> 0:19:46.600 What a beautiful place. What a beautiful place, and it 0:19:46.680 --> 0:19:49.959 was raining a little bit. I got this delicious pizza 0:19:50.000 --> 0:19:51.600 that I always get when I'm there from this place 0:19:51.640 --> 0:19:53.200 called Lucky Penny. If you want to see it, check 0:19:53.200 --> 0:19:55.480 out my Instagram at rich On Tech. Don't do it 0:19:55.480 --> 0:19:58.280 if you're hungry, because you will want to get this pizza. 0:19:58.320 --> 0:19:59.879 It's so so delicious. 0:20:00.720 --> 0:20:03.000 But anyway I say this, I was up there for 0:20:03.080 --> 0:20:07.520 an unrelated shoot yesterday. But Sonos is headquartered in Santa Barbara, 0:20:07.960 --> 0:20:10.040 and they came out with a brand new product called 0:20:10.040 --> 0:20:14.040 the Sons Rome and this is their Bluetooth speaker that's 0:20:14.080 --> 0:20:17.280 totally portable. And what I love about this speaker, even 0:20:17.280 --> 0:20:19.760 though I've not tested it yet, is that it is 0:20:19.880 --> 0:20:22.800 a Bluetooth speaker, which is portable, but it also links 0:20:22.840 --> 0:20:26.639 into your Sons system at home. So this is a 0:20:26.680 --> 0:20:29.760 really cool speaker that you can keep on your desk 0:20:30.560 --> 0:20:32.480 in your office or in your kids room, and then 0:20:32.520 --> 0:20:34.600 when you head out to the beach or on a vacation, 0:20:35.119 --> 0:20:37.280 you can take this Sonos Rome. So I'll definitely be 0:20:37.320 --> 0:20:39.959 getting this speaker. It's one hundred and sixty nine dollars. 0:20:40.040 --> 0:20:44.360 It's April twentieth when it's available, and I got to say, 0:20:44.480 --> 0:20:46.440 even though I haven't tested it, I have very high 0:20:46.480 --> 0:20:51.359 hopes because I bought the sons Move during the pandemic 0:20:51.440 --> 0:20:55.000 and this is kind of their big, big portable speaker 0:20:55.119 --> 0:20:57.600 and it does the same thing pretty much as the Rome, 0:20:58.080 --> 0:21:00.679 except it's bigger, so it has Bluetooth, also connects to 0:21:00.680 --> 0:21:05.600 your speakers. It comes with the wireless charging DOC or actually, yeah, 0:21:05.600 --> 0:21:07.399 I guess it is wireless. I mean you plug it in, 0:21:07.480 --> 0:21:10.600 but it's a DOC and I love it. I love, love, 0:21:10.680 --> 0:21:12.800 love the Move. Every time we're outside in the patio, 0:21:12.920 --> 0:21:15.480 you know, with friends, family, whatever. I mean, you know, 0:21:15.920 --> 0:21:17.960 far and few between these days, but you know, during 0:21:18.000 --> 0:21:20.480 the pandemic, just hanging out outside in the backyard, which 0:21:20.520 --> 0:21:22.800 we did a lot, we would just take out the 0:21:22.840 --> 0:21:26.280 Move and it was so amazing because I used to 0:21:26.320 --> 0:21:28.760 have a Sonos plugged in in the backyard and of 0:21:28.800 --> 0:21:31.520 course when it rained, I'd remember to like bring it inside. 0:21:31.800 --> 0:21:34.600 The speaker got all beat up because it's just being outside. 0:21:34.800 --> 0:21:37.040 But the move it's like, oh brilliant. You just bring 0:21:37.080 --> 0:21:38.560 it outside when you need it, and you move it 0:21:38.600 --> 0:21:39.720 back inside when you don't. 0:21:39.800 --> 0:21:40.119 Oh. 0:21:40.200 --> 0:21:43.920 Yes, that's why it's called the move anyway. So that's 0:21:43.960 --> 0:21:46.439 four hundred dollars. But this Sono's Rome is kind of 0:21:46.440 --> 0:21:48.600 the same thing for one hundred and sixty nine. 0:21:48.760 --> 0:21:50.720 And yes, this is expensive. 0:21:50.200 --> 0:21:53.159 As far as Bluetooth speakers go, but if you have 0:21:53.200 --> 0:21:55.320 a Sonos system at home, it is well worth it. 0:21:55.359 --> 0:21:57.600 And clearly you're spending a little bit more than the 0:21:57.640 --> 0:22:01.480 average bear on your speakers at home anyway, if you 0:22:01.480 --> 0:22:03.760 have a Sonos and so this is going to be 0:22:03.800 --> 0:22:04.600 a price point that. 0:22:04.680 --> 0:22:05.840 Is pretty good. 0:22:07.000 --> 0:22:09.520 Let's see what features does this have. It's got a 0:22:09.520 --> 0:22:12.320 feature called Soundswap, where you can press and play uh 0:22:12.920 --> 0:22:16.280 hold the play pause button on the speaker to switch 0:22:16.320 --> 0:22:18.600 the music to the nearest speaker on your Sonos system, 0:22:18.640 --> 0:22:20.760 making it easy to move music from room to room. 0:22:20.760 --> 0:22:23.919 That's kind of kind of cool. It also has unlock. 0:22:24.000 --> 0:22:26.479 It unlocks Bluetooth streaming for your whole system, so if 0:22:26.520 --> 0:22:29.800 you're streaming Bluetooth to this Move or the Rome rather, 0:22:30.400 --> 0:22:33.800 then you can expand that exact same Bluetooth stream to 0:22:33.840 --> 0:22:36.320 all of your speakers, something I don't think has been 0:22:36.359 --> 0:22:39.080 available yet on Maybe I could do that with the Move. 0:22:39.080 --> 0:22:40.600 I don't know, I've never tried it. To me, I 0:22:40.600 --> 0:22:42.959 would just use airplay anyway. But you know if you're 0:22:43.040 --> 0:22:46.200 using Bluetooth that you know it's good for Android as well. 0:22:46.359 --> 0:22:48.360 Uh you know you know that Sonos works with over 0:22:48.359 --> 0:22:51.040 one hundred streaming services. I call them the Switzerland of 0:22:51.080 --> 0:22:53.920 streaming because it just works with everything on mine. I've 0:22:53.920 --> 0:22:57.159 got like Apple Music linked up, I've got iHeartRadio linked up. 0:22:57.160 --> 0:22:59.760 I've got Serious XM linked up, I've got YouTube music 0:22:59.800 --> 0:23:04.159 link up. I think that's it and I just love it. 0:23:04.200 --> 0:23:08.840 I can't say enough for for Sonos. It's IP sixty 0:23:08.880 --> 0:23:12.880 seven resistant, so dust and waterproof, which is really cool 0:23:12.920 --> 0:23:14.480 for bringing it to the beach if you live near 0:23:14.520 --> 0:23:17.480 one of those, or camping or whatever. Now here's how 0:23:17.480 --> 0:23:21.320 it charges. It has a custom magnetic wireless charger from 0:23:21.400 --> 0:23:24.280 Sonos that is sold separately. So that to me means well, 0:23:24.280 --> 0:23:25.880 this could have been two hundred dollars if they kept 0:23:25.920 --> 0:23:28.240 it in the box. But they make you purchase that later. 0:23:28.560 --> 0:23:32.000 But it works with any Chi wireless charger, and then 0:23:32.080 --> 0:23:35.040 also it has a USBC cable in the box. Would 0:23:35.080 --> 0:23:37.439 have been nice if they had this on a you know, 0:23:37.480 --> 0:23:39.640 if the magnetic wireless charger came with it. 0:23:39.680 --> 0:23:40.400 But I get it. 0:23:40.600 --> 0:23:43.000 They wanted that price point, and not everyone wants the 0:23:43.040 --> 0:23:45.919 wireless charging anyway, so you know, they figured make the 0:23:45.960 --> 0:23:48.800 price a little bit more appealing and you know, leave 0:23:48.880 --> 0:23:52.280 some things out of the box again. April twentieth, one 0:23:52.359 --> 0:23:55.399 hundred and sixty nine dollars the sons Roam. If you 0:23:55.440 --> 0:23:58.640 have a Sonos system and you know you're eyeing that move. 0:23:58.480 --> 0:23:59.959 But it was just a little bit too pricey. 0:24:00.440 --> 0:24:02.880 I think the rom is gonna be a really, really 0:24:02.960 --> 0:24:09.919 exciting addition to the sound system. 0:24:10.119 --> 0:24:10.920 Are right? 0:24:11.440 --> 0:24:16.040 Next question? Paul says, Hey, Rich, please help. With all 0:24:16.080 --> 0:24:18.080 the technology out there, I still can't figure out how 0:24:18.080 --> 0:24:20.160 to send a video that's more than five seconds long 0:24:20.200 --> 0:24:23.800 in a text. I have the one plus seventy Android. 0:24:24.200 --> 0:24:26.679 Are there any ways to send a video that's longer 0:24:26.680 --> 0:24:29.920 than a few seconds in a text? I'm familiar with dropbox, 0:24:29.920 --> 0:24:31.679 but I'd rather insert it in a text. Are there 0:24:31.720 --> 0:24:34.320 any androids out there that will do that. Thank you, Rich. 0:24:34.359 --> 0:24:38.840 I love your segments. Every morning, Paul sent outlook for Android. 0:24:39.240 --> 0:24:39.520 Paul. 0:24:39.680 --> 0:24:43.800 Here's the thing, SMS and video does not mix. So 0:24:43.880 --> 0:24:48.679 when standard texting was invented, it just didn't have the 0:24:49.440 --> 0:24:53.160 idea of sending a video through that little tiny pipeline. 0:24:53.520 --> 0:24:55.800 And so, yes, you can send a video through text, 0:24:55.800 --> 0:24:59.280 but it's gonna look like horrible garbage on the other side. 0:25:00.080 --> 0:25:02.480 And I remember my mom sent me a text with 0:25:02.640 --> 0:25:06.480 some video of snow that happened in her backyard, and 0:25:07.680 --> 0:25:09.080 it was just so sad watching it. 0:25:09.080 --> 0:25:10.280 Because she's on an Android. 0:25:10.280 --> 0:25:14.560 I get her a Google Pixel every maybe every other year, 0:25:15.080 --> 0:25:17.080 and she loves it. She doesn't want to switch to iPhone, 0:25:17.119 --> 0:25:18.600 so I keep her on the Pixel and she really 0:25:18.720 --> 0:25:20.919 enjoys it and she loves her pictures. And it's simple 0:25:20.960 --> 0:25:22.800 and it works. I can lock down the home screen. 0:25:23.359 --> 0:25:24.960 She you know, she doesn't use a lot of apps. 0:25:25.160 --> 0:25:27.440 But you know, she went to send me this video 0:25:27.440 --> 0:25:29.560 a couple years ago and it was just so terrible, 0:25:29.640 --> 0:25:31.359 and I felt I was just so sad because I 0:25:31.359 --> 0:25:33.200 was like, oh, here's my mom. She did this whole 0:25:33.240 --> 0:25:36.040 thing and it just looks like garbled. You know, it's 0:25:36.040 --> 0:25:39.760 so garbled, So Paul, that's what you're experiencing. And you 0:25:39.800 --> 0:25:43.399 know on I message, you know anyone iphoned iPhone videos 0:25:43.440 --> 0:25:46.879 look amazing because guess what Apple is sort of bypassing 0:25:47.160 --> 0:25:49.640 the standard text messaging even though it seems like it's 0:25:49.640 --> 0:25:53.280 a text message, it's going through their proprietary I message system. 0:25:53.600 --> 0:25:57.359 On Android, we have that in a way, but not 0:25:57.400 --> 0:26:01.000 necessarily supported everywhere. So a couple things you do. Number one, 0:26:01.920 --> 0:26:05.359 if you do have if you're on A one plus, 0:26:05.480 --> 0:26:09.719 I think their standard messaging app is Google Messages, so 0:26:09.760 --> 0:26:11.919 I would check to see if you're using that, and 0:26:11.920 --> 0:26:14.960 then it depends on your carrier. I think all of 0:26:15.040 --> 0:26:18.600 them at this point have instituted what's called chat, which 0:26:18.640 --> 0:26:22.199 is RCS. I know it gets a little complicated, but 0:26:22.320 --> 0:26:23.320 basically all the. 0:26:25.280 --> 0:26:26.240 Maw do I explain this. 0:26:27.240 --> 0:26:30.440 There is a standard for text messaging, next generation text 0:26:30.440 --> 0:26:35.119 messaging that does support large videos, large files. It's called RCS, 0:26:35.640 --> 0:26:38.080 and you can go into your messenger. I think they 0:26:38.119 --> 0:26:40.719 renamed it chat, and so you can go into your 0:26:40.840 --> 0:26:43.919 Messenger settings and make sure that chat is turned on. 0:26:44.119 --> 0:26:47.119 But that's only for sending it to another person that 0:26:47.280 --> 0:26:50.600 is also using the Google Messages app. And also has 0:26:50.720 --> 0:26:53.960 chat turned on, which means ninety nine percent of the 0:26:54.000 --> 0:26:56.160 time it's probably not gonna work in a beautiful way. 0:26:57.440 --> 0:26:59.240 So where does that leave me? If you can do 0:26:59.320 --> 0:27:03.200 all that, great, The other way to do it is just, honestly, 0:27:03.240 --> 0:27:05.119 you got to get them to download an app to 0:27:05.640 --> 0:27:10.760 send videos, which I would recommend either Facebook, Messenger, or 0:27:10.800 --> 0:27:14.600 you can use something like Telegram, but or WhatsApp. 0:27:14.640 --> 0:27:15.639 I mean, I would. 0:27:15.400 --> 0:27:18.080 Probably just get you know, whoever you're texting this back 0:27:18.119 --> 0:27:20.600 and forth with. I would get them to you know, 0:27:20.720 --> 0:27:24.240 or use you know, something like Instagram. I mean, it's 0:27:24.280 --> 0:27:26.280 just you gotta use something to just, you know, make 0:27:26.320 --> 0:27:28.800 life a little bit easier. The whole chat thing, you know, 0:27:28.920 --> 0:27:31.919 the the rcs and the and the sms, it's just 0:27:32.400 --> 0:27:36.720 it's just too like on it's too unpredictable. 0:27:36.840 --> 0:27:36.959 Right. 0:27:37.040 --> 0:27:39.639 The person on the other end may have an iPhone, 0:27:39.720 --> 0:27:41.560 they may have an Android that they're not using the 0:27:41.640 --> 0:27:45.040 same app for, so it's just much easier to just say, hey, 0:27:45.080 --> 0:27:48.280 look like I did with my family, we're all on Telegram. Look, 0:27:48.359 --> 0:27:50.400 let's all just get on Telegram and this is how 0:27:50.400 --> 0:27:53.560 we chat from now on. And it is worked out beautifully. 0:27:54.440 --> 0:27:57.480 It has been amazing and we have this nice long 0:27:57.600 --> 0:28:01.119 chat that goes on forever and all in there my 0:28:01.200 --> 0:28:04.760 whole family. It's amazing and it just works, and we 0:28:04.840 --> 0:28:08.000 send pictures, we send videos, we send texts, we send jokes, 0:28:08.200 --> 0:28:10.360 We chat in the morning and the night, all day, 0:28:10.880 --> 0:28:14.199 and it's just it's brilliant. So, Paul, that's what I'd 0:28:14.240 --> 0:28:18.000 recommend until the world figures out a cross platform way 0:28:18.000 --> 0:28:21.480 of getting iPhones, androids, androids and androids all to talk 0:28:21.520 --> 0:28:24.680 beautifully with SMS and send those large files. 0:28:25.000 --> 0:28:27.760 Until then, I think an app is your best bet. 0:28:27.800 --> 0:28:30.280 Now, real quick, if you just want to send one file, 0:28:30.720 --> 0:28:32.199 like if this is just a one time thing and 0:28:32.240 --> 0:28:34.120 you just need to send a large file, I would 0:28:34.160 --> 0:28:36.480 just use something like a dropbox or a Google Drive. 0:28:36.760 --> 0:28:40.040 Put it in there, generate a one time link, and 0:28:40.120 --> 0:28:42.840 then send it off that way. One other way you 0:28:42.840 --> 0:28:44.880 can do it is if you're on an Android and 0:28:44.920 --> 0:28:48.000 you're using Google Photos, there's a way to just generate 0:28:48.040 --> 0:28:50.480 a link for a video file. Just generate that link, 0:28:50.560 --> 0:28:53.000 send that link off, and boom, they'll get the nice, 0:28:53.160 --> 0:28:58.200 high quality video file. All right, next story here, I'm 0:28:58.240 --> 0:29:00.760 sure you've noticed that gas prices are right near you, 0:29:00.880 --> 0:29:03.239 So I did a segment where I talked about you know, 0:29:03.360 --> 0:29:07.360 apps to find the best gas prices, and I hope. 0:29:07.120 --> 0:29:09.000 I didn't do this last week? Did I? No? 0:29:09.160 --> 0:29:12.480 I didn't, so uh, you know, I looked at gas Buddy, 0:29:12.480 --> 0:29:16.400 which is the most popular one, which it's okay, probably 0:29:16.440 --> 0:29:18.360 the most used, but the one that I actually kind 0:29:18.360 --> 0:29:21.440 of like is called gas Guru. And the reason I 0:29:21.520 --> 0:29:23.720 like this is because if you have an iPhone, you 0:29:23.760 --> 0:29:26.800 can set up a series shortcut to use gas Guru 0:29:26.880 --> 0:29:29.480 to find the cheapest gas near you in seconds. So 0:29:29.560 --> 0:29:32.600 you download this gas Guru app, you scroll all the 0:29:32.640 --> 0:29:35.400 way down and it says add to Siri. You hit 0:29:35.440 --> 0:29:38.320 that button and then you come up with a passphrase 0:29:38.440 --> 0:29:41.960 like a serie shortcut phrase, I use cheap gas. And 0:29:42.000 --> 0:29:47.120 then anytime you say h Siri, cheap gas, boom, this 0:29:47.160 --> 0:29:50.080 app opens up, It shows you the cheapest gas, you navigate, 0:29:50.160 --> 0:29:53.480 and you get on with life. And so I think 0:29:53.480 --> 0:29:57.280 it's really cool. In fact, after you have this app installed, 0:29:57.760 --> 0:30:00.440 every couple of days or every day, I don't know, 0:30:00.440 --> 0:30:03.400 you'll see just like a suggested series shortcut on your 0:30:03.720 --> 0:30:06.680 you know notifications that says, you know, find cheap gas. 0:30:06.720 --> 0:30:08.680 So you tap it and it brings you in there, 0:30:08.680 --> 0:30:11.360 so I really enjoy it. I've just been enjoying watching 0:30:11.360 --> 0:30:13.600 the gas prices go up and up and up, because 0:30:14.000 --> 0:30:16.200 I posted this picture to my Facebook page a couple 0:30:16.200 --> 0:30:18.640 of weeks ago about gas that was four dollars and 0:30:18.720 --> 0:30:20.760 ninety nine cents, and people went nuts, saying. 0:30:20.600 --> 0:30:23.080 Rich, how dare you? This is a lie? Gas is 0:30:23.120 --> 0:30:26.280 not that expensive? And sure enough gas has slowly but 0:30:26.400 --> 0:30:27.800 surely crept up in price. 0:30:27.880 --> 0:30:30.400 And I just keep laughing every time I see gas 0:30:30.400 --> 0:30:33.880 prices getting more and more expensive, because yeah, I'm paying 0:30:33.920 --> 0:30:36.760 them too. But the reality is I knew this was happening. 0:30:36.800 --> 0:30:40.400 I mean, that's why I posted that picture. So gas 0:30:40.440 --> 0:30:45.320 prices in California. You know, It's like, let's see so 0:30:45.480 --> 0:30:47.760 gas buddy. The thing I like about that, Oh I 0:30:47.840 --> 0:30:51.960 deleted already, but the gas guru anyway. So the point is, 0:30:52.480 --> 0:30:54.280 download one of these apps if you want to find 0:30:54.360 --> 0:30:55.120 cheap gas and. 0:30:56.600 --> 0:31:05.440 Go for it. All right, let's get to the next question. Rich. 0:31:05.680 --> 0:31:08.520 My wife and I love your reports. They're always destination 0:31:09.360 --> 0:31:10.360 viewing for both of us. 0:31:10.440 --> 0:31:11.080 Wow, thank you. 0:31:11.560 --> 0:31:14.000 We do not presently have a password manager app, and 0:31:14.040 --> 0:31:16.200 I wonder if you had a few that you could recommend, 0:31:16.280 --> 0:31:16.840 thank you, and. 0:31:16.800 --> 0:31:17.920 Stay safe, Joe. 0:31:18.480 --> 0:31:20.560 I think I talked about this on a previous show, 0:31:20.600 --> 0:31:22.880 but I will be honest. I was up in Santa 0:31:22.960 --> 0:31:26.760 Barbara to get a preview of the password management app 0:31:26.800 --> 0:31:30.600 called Bitwarden, and now a couple of weeks ago when 0:31:30.600 --> 0:31:33.560 I talked on the podcast about how last Pass is 0:31:33.600 --> 0:31:38.040 going to start basically charging if you want the full 0:31:38.280 --> 0:31:42.800 feature set for their password manager on March sixteenth, I believe, 0:31:43.280 --> 0:31:46.000 and so I was talking about alternatives and I mentioned 0:31:46.480 --> 0:31:49.440 things like, you know, you can still continue with last Pass, 0:31:49.520 --> 0:31:51.400 just pay a little bit to get all your features. 0:31:52.560 --> 0:31:53.320 I talked about. 0:31:53.160 --> 0:31:56.800 Dash Lane one password, and a lot of people tweeted 0:31:56.800 --> 0:32:00.000 me and said, hey, don't forget about bitwarden Bitwarden Bitwarden, 0:32:00.080 --> 0:32:02.360 which I'd never heard of, and so sure enough I 0:32:02.400 --> 0:32:05.520 looked into it and it has some really great features 0:32:05.560 --> 0:32:08.560 for free. And so if you don't have a password 0:32:08.560 --> 0:32:10.840 manager app and you're looking for something that is going 0:32:10.920 --> 0:32:13.080 to continue to be free. And I just talked to 0:32:13.120 --> 0:32:14.680 the CEO and I said, are you going to charge 0:32:14.680 --> 0:32:16.800 when you know people sign up? He said, no, this 0:32:16.880 --> 0:32:19.560 is We're going to be free. And so there are 0:32:19.600 --> 0:32:21.880 some things you don't get with free but honestly, for 0:32:22.000 --> 0:32:23.840 a majority of people, it's not going to be that 0:32:23.880 --> 0:32:26.040 big of a deal. The one thing that you probably 0:32:27.640 --> 0:32:29.920 that you might want with the free version that you 0:32:29.960 --> 0:32:32.760 don't get is passwords sharing. So if you want to 0:32:32.800 --> 0:32:35.120 be able to share passwords with a you know, a 0:32:35.160 --> 0:32:37.760 family member, you would have to upgrade. And now, by 0:32:37.800 --> 0:32:40.200 the way, upgrading is like ten dollars a year or 0:32:40.200 --> 0:32:42.800 like I think it's forty for the family plan. Whatever 0:32:42.840 --> 0:32:45.600 it is. It's very it's not that expensive. But you 0:32:45.640 --> 0:32:48.400 can totally get by with their free version. I was 0:32:48.440 --> 0:32:50.840 looking at it yesterday. It's it looks great. I mean, 0:32:50.840 --> 0:32:54.600 it really does so Bitwarden, I would recommend Joe. You 0:32:54.680 --> 0:32:58.280 mentioned a password manager app, which I always tell people 0:32:58.360 --> 0:33:00.520 if you're only in the Google ecosystm them, or if 0:33:00.520 --> 0:33:03.880 you're only an Apple, just use the built in Apple. 0:33:04.000 --> 0:33:07.160 It has an iCloud keychain, you can just use that. 0:33:07.880 --> 0:33:11.160 Or if you're on Android and Google it's I think 0:33:11.360 --> 0:33:16.320 they call it smart Password. Let's see what do they 0:33:16.360 --> 0:33:19.600 call They just call it Google Password Manager. So if 0:33:19.600 --> 0:33:21.360 you're on you know, if you use Chrome and use 0:33:21.360 --> 0:33:23.840 an Android, just use Google Password Manager and that can 0:33:23.840 --> 0:33:27.280 store all your stuff for free, and it's it's super easy, 0:33:27.320 --> 0:33:28.600 and it's you know, as long as you have a 0:33:28.640 --> 0:33:31.160 good password on your Google account, then you have a 0:33:31.200 --> 0:33:33.719 good you know, password manager there. But I would use 0:33:33.760 --> 0:33:36.760 one of these third party services like a bit warden, 0:33:36.920 --> 0:33:39.800 a dash lane or last pass or a one password. 0:33:40.520 --> 0:33:44.080 If you use various devices like a Mac computer and 0:33:44.120 --> 0:33:47.440 an Android phone, or an Android phone and a PC. 0:33:47.960 --> 0:33:50.360 You know, that way you can store these things across 0:33:50.400 --> 0:33:53.560 all your devices. And that's the functionality that last Pass 0:33:53.720 --> 0:33:55.920 used to have. But they are going to start charging 0:33:55.960 --> 0:33:58.080 for you have to choose do you want your passwords 0:33:58.120 --> 0:34:01.479 available on just mobile devices or on just you know, 0:34:01.600 --> 0:34:03.520 you have to choose one type of device, which is 0:34:03.520 --> 0:34:05.400 gonna be tough for a lot of people, because the 0:34:05.440 --> 0:34:08.360 average person is creating a password on their phone or 0:34:08.400 --> 0:34:10.480 their desktop and then using it on their phone or 0:34:10.520 --> 0:34:13.960 desktop like swapping vice versa. Right, And so that's the 0:34:13.960 --> 0:34:17.359 functionality they identified that would make it, you know, push 0:34:17.480 --> 0:34:22.600 people to upgrade. Good question, Joe, thanks a lot, all right, 0:34:22.640 --> 0:34:26.960 Speaking of passwords, Netflix is beginning to crack down on 0:34:27.080 --> 0:34:31.840 passwords sharing outside your household. The streamable dot com with 0:34:31.920 --> 0:34:35.600 a big, big story here. They really, they really blew 0:34:35.600 --> 0:34:39.640 the lid off of this one. Netflix subscribers are starting 0:34:39.640 --> 0:34:43.239 to see a screen that says, if you don't live 0:34:43.320 --> 0:34:45.399 with the owner of this account, you need your own 0:34:45.400 --> 0:34:48.560 account to keep watching, and then in order to continue, 0:34:48.600 --> 0:34:50.600 you have to verify the account with an email or 0:34:50.680 --> 0:34:53.040 text code or create a new account with a thirty 0:34:53.080 --> 0:34:56.480 day free trial. Now, if you're friends with the person 0:34:56.600 --> 0:35:01.319 that you are sharing your password with, I mean theoretically, 0:35:01.719 --> 0:35:04.000 you know you would, you would call them up and say, hey, 0:35:04.480 --> 0:35:06.560 I just got a one time password, can you share 0:35:06.560 --> 0:35:09.880 that with me? But Netflix knows that that's going to 0:35:09.960 --> 0:35:13.600 be just annoying enough to push a percentage of people 0:35:13.719 --> 0:35:16.400 into getting their own accounts, because let's be honest, if 0:35:16.440 --> 0:35:18.560 your friends and family are on your account, they're streaming 0:35:18.840 --> 0:35:21.360 at all different times and places, and it may not 0:35:21.440 --> 0:35:24.240 be convenient to call you up and get that code 0:35:24.239 --> 0:35:27.120 from you every single time. Plus it's gonna get annoying. So, 0:35:27.920 --> 0:35:30.480 you know, depending on how many times Netflix pushes this 0:35:30.600 --> 0:35:33.080 out there, you know, is it every time they log 0:35:33.120 --> 0:35:35.360 in and here's how they're doing this, you know, or 0:35:35.400 --> 0:35:37.080 we don't know actually how they're doing it. I'm sure 0:35:37.080 --> 0:35:39.759 they're using some algorithm to figure this out. But the 0:35:39.840 --> 0:35:42.719 easiest would be that I'm in California and let's say 0:35:42.719 --> 0:35:46.200 I share my password theoretically with a family member that 0:35:46.280 --> 0:35:49.839 lives in New Jersey, and so Netflix goes, Okay, we 0:35:49.920 --> 0:35:52.160 see that you're logging in from California, and then we 0:35:52.239 --> 0:35:53.960 just saw this log in from New Jersey from a 0:35:54.000 --> 0:35:55.120 different device. 0:35:55.800 --> 0:35:57.640 Hmm, We're gonna give that person New. 0:35:57.600 --> 0:36:00.479 Jersey a little prompt that says, hey, you gotta aren't paying, 0:36:00.560 --> 0:36:02.160 or you know, get your own password, or get this 0:36:02.200 --> 0:36:06.319 one time thing. That's pretty easy. Now, you might say, well, rich, 0:36:06.360 --> 0:36:08.200 I travel all the time. How are they gonna know 0:36:08.280 --> 0:36:10.600 if I'm traveling again? This is why they use an 0:36:10.600 --> 0:36:13.160 algorithm to kind of figure things out. They notice that 0:36:13.200 --> 0:36:17.560 your iPad primarily checks Netflix in California, but then all 0:36:17.560 --> 0:36:20.560 of a sudden it travels to Colorado and their algorithm 0:36:20.600 --> 0:36:23.399 allows for that. Or they give you that one time 0:36:23.480 --> 0:36:25.400 code and you get it to your phone and your 0:36:25.400 --> 0:36:27.560 phone's right nearby and you pop it in and says. 0:36:27.320 --> 0:36:30.080 Okay, just making sure. So they're gonna do this. 0:36:30.120 --> 0:36:32.000 You know, this is a test, and they're gonna try 0:36:32.040 --> 0:36:35.040 this in various ways. But the reality is it's coming. 0:36:35.120 --> 0:36:37.640 It's been a long time coming. Netflix has been very 0:36:37.680 --> 0:36:41.400 generous with password sharing, and clearly they've gotten to that 0:36:41.440 --> 0:36:45.080 point again that little vice gript where they're just just turning. 0:36:44.800 --> 0:36:47.799 It a little bit, a little bit, just squeeze a little. 0:36:47.560 --> 0:36:50.240 Bit, and look, we're gonna see this as a theme 0:36:50.400 --> 0:36:54.000 over and over with these companies. They have been very 0:36:54.040 --> 0:36:59.920 generous in sharing and letting people do this as they grow. 0:37:00.640 --> 0:37:03.359 But as these companies get bigger and they say, look, 0:37:03.400 --> 0:37:06.120 you know what, you know, it used to be novel 0:37:06.239 --> 0:37:08.440 that you had a Netflix account, but now it's not 0:37:08.480 --> 0:37:10.520 so novel, Like this is pretty much the way of 0:37:10.520 --> 0:37:11.000 the future. 0:37:11.360 --> 0:37:13.000 And so it was nice that you share it with. 0:37:12.960 --> 0:37:15.480 Your mom and your grandma and your sister and your 0:37:15.760 --> 0:37:18.640 you know, your cousin and also your roommate from college. 0:37:18.719 --> 0:37:21.200 But at this point they got. 0:37:21.080 --> 0:37:23.880 To pay, Like it's maybe they were watching it for 0:37:23.960 --> 0:37:26.279 Queen's Gambit at one point, or like one show that 0:37:26.360 --> 0:37:30.000 was popular, and you know, now it's like there, this 0:37:30.080 --> 0:37:33.480 is an entirety of their streaming consumption, and so yeah, 0:37:33.520 --> 0:37:35.239 they can pay the eight ninety nine to get their 0:37:35.280 --> 0:37:38.160 own their own account, or the thirteen ninety nine or 0:37:38.160 --> 0:37:40.719 in my case, seventeen ninety nine premium plan that I 0:37:40.760 --> 0:37:45.200 pay for which gets you four K, so which I 0:37:45.239 --> 0:37:48.200 probably don't need. But anyway, be aware if you see 0:37:48.200 --> 0:37:51.000 it right now. According to the streamable, it's only seeing 0:37:51.160 --> 0:37:53.719 the people are only seeing the test on TV devices, 0:37:54.280 --> 0:37:57.239 so that could be part of it. But anyway, just 0:37:57.360 --> 0:37:59.920 something to know and something to be aware of it. 0:38:04.880 --> 0:38:08.200 Jerry writes in Hey, Rich, you discussed fall detection on 0:38:08.280 --> 0:38:11.799 the last podcast. I purchased the Apple Watch with this 0:38:11.840 --> 0:38:15.640 feature immediately when it became available in twenty seventeen. My 0:38:15.719 --> 0:38:19.360 wife suffers from extreme tonightis and one of the effects 0:38:19.360 --> 0:38:22.239 of this is dizziness. The bouts of this can come 0:38:22.280 --> 0:38:25.400 on quickly without any warning. At times, the dizziness is 0:38:25.440 --> 0:38:27.120 so bad she just to hold on to a poll 0:38:27.280 --> 0:38:31.520 or table to keep from falling O. The feature has 0:38:31.600 --> 0:38:35.799 interceded two times after my wife fell while walking the neighborhood. 0:38:35.840 --> 0:38:38.759 One time she was unconscious, the other time she was 0:38:38.800 --> 0:38:42.360 severely dazed. Thankfully, a neighbor came out and saw my 0:38:42.440 --> 0:38:46.120 wife both times after not receiving a response from her. 0:38:46.640 --> 0:38:48.920 The neighbor is an Apple Watch is an Apple user 0:38:48.960 --> 0:38:51.640 and realized what was occurring and let the watch complete 0:38:51.680 --> 0:38:54.640 its task. It contacted our local nine one one and 0:38:54.680 --> 0:38:58.719 they dispatched rescue squad to her location. It also contacted 0:38:58.760 --> 0:39:01.640 me with a text message. This occurred within seven minutes 0:39:01.680 --> 0:39:03.960 of her fall, and the EMTs were on scene within 0:39:04.040 --> 0:39:07.239 fifteen Amazing. The app you discussed it was the best 0:39:07.239 --> 0:39:09.239 by app seems to add a couple of layers to 0:39:09.280 --> 0:39:13.640 this process, which I feel would delay the responses. Plus, 0:39:13.640 --> 0:39:16.839 why pay for something that came with the investment you've 0:39:16.840 --> 0:39:20.240 already made for Apple devices. You are correct, besides crash 0:39:20.320 --> 0:39:23.280 detection with Google Pixel, I am a longtime pixel slash 0:39:23.320 --> 0:39:26.920 Nexus user. We need fall detection of the caliber that 0:39:27.000 --> 0:39:32.880 Apple offers. Have a great day, Stay safe, Jerry. Yeah, Jerry, Well, 0:39:33.400 --> 0:39:35.640 I hate to hear that your wife suffers from this, 0:39:35.880 --> 0:39:38.960 but I'm glad she's okay, And it is scary that 0:39:38.960 --> 0:39:39.640 that happens. 0:39:40.480 --> 0:39:41.960 If you didn't listen to the podcast. 0:39:41.960 --> 0:39:44.840 What Jerry's referring to is I was on a run 0:39:45.400 --> 0:39:47.920 and I tripped, and it was basically one of those 0:39:47.960 --> 0:39:50.560 trips that if I landed on the ground, it would 0:39:50.560 --> 0:39:53.560 have been bad, and yeah, the Apple Watch hopefully would 0:39:53.560 --> 0:39:56.600 have sprung into action. I was with my son and 0:39:56.880 --> 0:39:59.399 he was referring to the fact that I was talking 0:39:59.440 --> 0:40:02.080 about this best spy app they have now called Lively 0:40:02.800 --> 0:40:08.919 that taps into the API, the API that Apple Watch 0:40:09.000 --> 0:40:11.960 has written for other companies to allow them to take 0:40:11.960 --> 0:40:14.560 advantage of the fault detection as well. I was not 0:40:14.640 --> 0:40:17.400 aware that Apple had done that, which is great, and 0:40:17.480 --> 0:40:20.200 so Jerry, I agree. I think that it does add 0:40:20.239 --> 0:40:22.640 a different layer to things, and I would agree with that. 0:40:22.680 --> 0:40:25.000 But at the same time, I. 0:40:24.880 --> 0:40:27.399 Still think it's good to have options, and I'm sure 0:40:27.400 --> 0:40:30.839 that that Best Buy solution, you know, even though they're 0:40:30.880 --> 0:40:33.840 doing a thing where I guess they use an agent 0:40:33.920 --> 0:40:37.200 to contact you first to make sure you're okay. Maybe 0:40:37.239 --> 0:40:39.360 there's an option inside the app to go directly to 0:40:39.440 --> 0:40:39.920 nine will one. 0:40:40.000 --> 0:40:40.600 I'm not sure. 0:40:40.920 --> 0:40:42.799 I haven't tested that app, so I don't really know. 0:40:42.880 --> 0:40:45.520 It's brand new, but I agree. I mean, time is 0:40:45.520 --> 0:40:48.799 of the essence in these situations. So yeah, having that 0:40:48.880 --> 0:40:52.040 Apple Watch native support is probably the best. But I 0:40:52.080 --> 0:40:54.440 would assume that these companies are pretty smart and they 0:40:54.440 --> 0:40:58.279 think about that and they say, you know, maybe they're 0:40:58.320 --> 0:41:01.200 calling someone I don't know. I mean, I think I 0:41:01.239 --> 0:41:02.960 see both sides of this. I think it's good to 0:41:02.960 --> 0:41:05.600 have options, and you know who knows, maybe someone will 0:41:05.600 --> 0:41:07.799 come up with a smarter way than what Apple does, 0:41:08.520 --> 0:41:11.359 and you know, maybe we'll come up with the way 0:41:11.400 --> 0:41:13.640 where you you know, as soon as you start a workout, 0:41:13.719 --> 0:41:15.920 it's kind of like on guard and it's like, okay, 0:41:15.960 --> 0:41:17.640 if we if we notice a fall, we're going to 0:41:17.680 --> 0:41:18.480 contact immediately. 0:41:18.480 --> 0:41:20.240 We're not even gonna wait that sixty seconds. 0:41:20.880 --> 0:41:23.200 So I don't know, but I think that it's good 0:41:23.200 --> 0:41:25.239 to have options. I think it's good that we have 0:41:25.840 --> 0:41:28.480 systems like this, and I think they're only going to 0:41:28.520 --> 0:41:30.479 get better. I mean, like you said, it first became 0:41:30.480 --> 0:41:33.600 available in twenty seventeen, which sounds like a long time. 0:41:33.600 --> 0:41:35.759 At this point, it's four years. I can't believe it's 0:41:35.800 --> 0:41:38.520 been that long. But people are still learning about it. 0:41:38.560 --> 0:41:41.359 And with the crash detection on the Google Pixel, you know, 0:41:41.520 --> 0:41:43.719 it's something that not everyone knows. And I called for 0:41:43.800 --> 0:41:46.840 Samsung to do something similar on their phone, and I 0:41:47.160 --> 0:41:49.560 call for Fitbit to do something similar on their watches. 0:41:50.200 --> 0:41:52.840 So we need more and more of this stuff, and 0:41:52.880 --> 0:41:54.959 I think it's going to happen more, more and more. 0:41:55.280 --> 0:41:58.520 But again, in some aspects, we're very much just at 0:41:58.560 --> 0:42:00.960 the beginning of all of this, and so I love 0:42:00.960 --> 0:42:03.880 that we have these options. I think Best Buy is 0:42:03.920 --> 0:42:07.160 just one more option to have. And I'm glad that 0:42:07.239 --> 0:42:09.920 this has come into handy with your wife twice. 0:42:10.520 --> 0:42:11.000 I hope it. 0:42:10.960 --> 0:42:13.920 Doesn't have to work again, but sounds like it's an 0:42:13.960 --> 0:42:17.080 ongoing thing, and it's good that she has this Apple 0:42:17.120 --> 0:42:19.440 Watch and in your case, it's a great thing, and 0:42:20.239 --> 0:42:23.480 you know anyway, so I'm glad that you like the idea. 0:42:23.480 --> 0:42:25.239 I'm glad you like the Apple Watch if it's working 0:42:25.280 --> 0:42:27.560 for you to stick with it. But again, I like 0:42:27.600 --> 0:42:30.520 the idea that we have more options for people, and 0:42:30.560 --> 0:42:33.960 I hope that the options are even more generous in 0:42:34.000 --> 0:42:36.040 the future. And just we get we see more and 0:42:36.120 --> 0:42:38.680 more of these and no matter what you're using, whether 0:42:38.680 --> 0:42:41.200 you're just carrying a phone or a watch, or even 0:42:41.200 --> 0:42:42.440 in cars, we're seeing. 0:42:42.160 --> 0:42:43.080 More crash detection. 0:42:43.360 --> 0:42:46.840 So it's a really good thing that tet technology is 0:42:46.920 --> 0:42:54.440 enabling this stuff. All right, let's talk about Twitter. This 0:42:54.480 --> 0:42:57.880 is kind of a small story, but it's interesting and Twitter. 0:42:58.080 --> 0:43:01.000 The number one complaint I see on Twitter is you know, 0:43:01.080 --> 0:43:04.799 the tech folks talk about Twitter compression and even on Instagram, 0:43:04.880 --> 0:43:07.520 same thing. It's like, ah, compressed my video, It compressed 0:43:07.520 --> 0:43:10.600 my picture and it looks like garbage. And so often 0:43:10.920 --> 0:43:14.840 tech reviewers are sharing pictures from new phones and stuff, 0:43:14.960 --> 0:43:17.400 new cameras on there, and you just can't get an 0:43:17.440 --> 0:43:20.040 idea of how good it is. Because Twitter takes your 0:43:20.080 --> 0:43:23.080 image and it compresses it down so that it's cheap 0:43:23.160 --> 0:43:26.319 for them to store it and it's less expensive to 0:43:26.400 --> 0:43:29.680 send out, and you know, they can send it out quicker. 0:43:30.440 --> 0:43:33.000 Maybe they keep the original somewhere I don't know, probably, 0:43:34.200 --> 0:43:36.040 but when they're serving it up to you on Twitter 0:43:36.080 --> 0:43:38.759 on your timeline, they're not serving up a high quality, 0:43:39.120 --> 0:43:42.640 high resolution picture because you know, that's cost too much 0:43:42.680 --> 0:43:44.799 money over and over to send it out to so 0:43:44.840 --> 0:43:48.799 many people. So Twitter for iOS is testing a new 0:43:48.840 --> 0:43:52.359 design and four K support. This is according to nine 0:43:52.360 --> 0:43:53.240 to five MAC. 0:43:53.560 --> 0:43:54.240 So two things. 0:43:54.320 --> 0:43:57.680 Number one, when you look at pictures in the timeline, 0:43:58.000 --> 0:43:59.480 they're no longer going to crop them. 0:43:59.520 --> 0:43:59.680 Now. 0:43:59.680 --> 0:44:04.240 There was some controversy about how Twitter was applying cropping 0:44:04.280 --> 0:44:08.200 to pictures and apparently their computers were not doing the 0:44:08.200 --> 0:44:11.440 best job at that, and now they're going to show 0:44:11.480 --> 0:44:14.680 the entire image and so now that's going to be 0:44:14.680 --> 0:44:16.879 the number one change. The other change is that they're 0:44:16.960 --> 0:44:20.600 testing four K image uploads, which means when you look 0:44:20.600 --> 0:44:23.000 at these pictures, they're going to have a better resolution 0:44:23.120 --> 0:44:25.279 than ever before, which means you know, if you're looking 0:44:25.320 --> 0:44:28.200 at details on things, you can zoom in and see them. 0:44:28.239 --> 0:44:31.000 So when you're sharing pictures on Twitter, you should be 0:44:31.040 --> 0:44:33.840 aware of this because you know, often when we share pictures, 0:44:33.840 --> 0:44:37.320 there could be some personal information lurking in those pictures 0:44:37.320 --> 0:44:40.759 if you zoomed in, and so just be aware that, yeah, 0:44:40.800 --> 0:44:42.800 people might be able to see more in your pictures 0:44:42.800 --> 0:44:45.480 than ever before. And on the flip side, it's a 0:44:45.520 --> 0:44:47.680 cool thing because if you're sharing a beautiful picture of 0:44:47.719 --> 0:44:50.279 a beach or you know, for me, I would share 0:44:50.280 --> 0:44:52.759 a picture of like a you know, some kind of 0:44:52.800 --> 0:44:55.000 image from a new smartphone, it's cool that you can 0:44:55.040 --> 0:44:57.279 zoom in and see just how clear that image is. 0:44:57.920 --> 0:44:59.400 So if you want, if you're in this test, this 0:44:59.480 --> 0:45:02.880 is on Iowa only, you can go into Twitter settings, 0:45:03.360 --> 0:45:06.560 then in data usage, choose the high quality option. Now 0:45:06.800 --> 0:45:10.040 there is a high quality option already in those Twitter settings, 0:45:10.040 --> 0:45:13.160 but unless you specifically see the word four K, you're 0:45:13.160 --> 0:45:15.000 not part of that test. You can you can always 0:45:15.080 --> 0:45:18.040 choose between high quality and kind of basic, but now 0:45:18.080 --> 0:45:20.400 it will specifically say four K. If you see that 0:45:20.440 --> 0:45:22.240 in your settings, then you are part of the test 0:45:22.560 --> 0:45:24.560 and you'll see four K images, which I think is 0:45:24.640 --> 0:45:27.520 really cool. The other thing is that this is only 0:45:27.600 --> 0:45:31.520 images right now, nothing about video. So maybe four K 0:45:31.640 --> 0:45:34.399 video will come along in the future, but right now, 0:45:34.440 --> 0:45:38.240 this is just for images. And another note, how wild 0:45:38.320 --> 0:45:40.520 is it that we've come so long with Twitter? I 0:45:40.560 --> 0:45:43.680 remember the days when Twitter did not even support images. 0:45:44.160 --> 0:45:46.480 Used to use a service, a third party service to 0:45:46.560 --> 0:45:48.960 upload your picture. It was like called twit pick or 0:45:49.000 --> 0:45:51.800 all these other ones where you'd actually upload your picture 0:45:51.840 --> 0:45:55.160 there and then you would send out a link to 0:45:55.200 --> 0:46:06.040 that picture on Twitter. And so we've come a long way. 0:46:04.000 --> 0:46:04.359 All right? 0:46:04.360 --> 0:46:08.759 Next question from Let's see car Let's see who is 0:46:08.800 --> 0:46:16.040 this from? This is from Carol uh Dear Rich. Is 0:46:16.080 --> 0:46:18.480 this just a come on to get us to give 0:46:18.520 --> 0:46:22.840 Google information? Or has someone really compromised my passwords? I 0:46:22.960 --> 0:46:25.319 change them constantly for this reason, and I do not 0:46:25.480 --> 0:46:28.680 trust the people at Google to give them any access 0:46:28.760 --> 0:46:31.080 to any of my passwords. Have you seen this before 0:46:31.120 --> 0:46:33.120 and what would you do about it? I'm a seventy 0:46:33.120 --> 0:46:35.800 eight year old grandma. I'm a target for scam. Sorry 0:46:35.800 --> 0:46:38.080 to bother you. But I thought maybe others might have 0:46:38.120 --> 0:46:41.400 gotten this email as well. I would appreciate any help. Sincerely, 0:46:41.480 --> 0:46:47.280 Carol in Chesterfield, Missouri, and she sent along an email 0:46:47.440 --> 0:46:51.040 that says subject take action to secure your compromise passwords. 0:46:51.360 --> 0:46:52.480 It says Google has. 0:46:52.360 --> 0:46:55.000 Found some of your passwords online. Anyone who finds them 0:46:55.040 --> 0:46:58.440 can access your accounts. Your Google account is still secure. 0:46:58.560 --> 0:47:01.200 This leak came from somewhere else on the web. You 0:47:01.239 --> 0:47:05.120 can secure your saved passwords now using password manager take 0:47:05.160 --> 0:47:08.680 action and smartly. They also give a direct link that 0:47:08.719 --> 0:47:11.480 says you can also go directly to my account Google 0:47:11.560 --> 0:47:15.279 dot com slash security check up. And this kind of 0:47:15.280 --> 0:47:17.920 goes into what I was speaking about earlier about Google 0:47:17.960 --> 0:47:20.319 storing your passwords. And I'll give you an example of 0:47:20.320 --> 0:47:22.360 this that actually came in handy. 0:47:22.640 --> 0:47:24.800 So my mom a couple weeks ago. 0:47:24.760 --> 0:47:27.240 Was like, I can't find my password to my work email. 0:47:27.520 --> 0:47:29.960 And I said, oh, I bet you. I stored it 0:47:30.080 --> 0:47:33.600 in Google Chrome for you because I don't, like I said, 0:47:33.640 --> 0:47:35.719 I don't use a separate password manager for her. Maybe 0:47:35.760 --> 0:47:37.759 I didn't say that, but I use I do store 0:47:37.800 --> 0:47:41.080 some of her passwords in Google Chrome, and so I said, 0:47:41.120 --> 0:47:45.200 go into Chrome press the three little dots, then press settings, 0:47:46.000 --> 0:47:52.399 then go to autofill and click passwords, and you'll see 0:47:52.440 --> 0:47:53.040 a list of. 0:47:53.080 --> 0:47:54.759 A whole bunch of accounts. 0:47:55.080 --> 0:47:57.799 And she said, oh, yeah, I do see my account there, 0:47:57.800 --> 0:47:59.719 but all I see your little dots. And I said, oh, 0:48:00.239 --> 0:48:03.680 pressed the little icon that looks like an eye, and 0:48:03.760 --> 0:48:07.319 you will have to type in your password to reveal that. 0:48:08.160 --> 0:48:12.440 And once you reveal that, boom, there is your password. 0:48:12.440 --> 0:48:15.960 And I said, press the copy password button and you 0:48:16.000 --> 0:48:18.279 can copy and paste that into the website. She said, Oh, 0:48:18.280 --> 0:48:21.160 my gosh, you're a genius. She said, I didn't even 0:48:21.200 --> 0:48:24.239 know that Google saves my passwords. And you may not 0:48:24.360 --> 0:48:28.800 know this either, but you'll you will notice if you 0:48:29.000 --> 0:48:32.680 log into a website and Google sometimes says, hey, would 0:48:32.719 --> 0:48:34.640 you like us to save this password? And sometimes it 0:48:34.680 --> 0:48:37.840 happens so fast you might not even notice it. And Carol, 0:48:38.200 --> 0:48:42.279 that's exactly what happens here. You logged into a website 0:48:42.640 --> 0:48:45.000 and that little prompt came up. They said would you 0:48:45.040 --> 0:48:47.439 like us to save your password? And you said yes, 0:48:47.880 --> 0:48:51.040 And now these passwords are stored in Google. On Chrome 0:48:51.480 --> 0:48:53.160 or Google, you can go to passwords. I think you 0:48:53.160 --> 0:48:56.320 can go to passwords dot Google dot com to also 0:48:56.400 --> 0:49:00.359 see them. And what they're doing is they're checking those 0:49:00.360 --> 0:49:04.840 passwords against open databases that they find on the web 0:49:05.040 --> 0:49:08.839 with exposed passwords, and if they find one of your 0:49:08.840 --> 0:49:10.600 passwords on there, they're going to send you this alert. 0:49:10.600 --> 0:49:13.799 So this is not a scam. It's actually real. And 0:49:14.080 --> 0:49:17.040 in fact, because they found this, I would I would 0:49:17.080 --> 0:49:20.160 go in and look at those passwords and see which 0:49:20.160 --> 0:49:24.000 ones are compromised and I would change those. So I 0:49:24.000 --> 0:49:27.040 would go to passwords dot Google dot com and check 0:49:27.120 --> 0:49:30.280 and see what passwords are. If you go to Google 0:49:30.400 --> 0:49:33.759 password check up, it will tell you which ones are 0:49:33.840 --> 0:49:35.400 compromised and. 0:49:37.480 --> 0:49:41.680 Yeah, something that you should do. Oops. So anyway, that 0:49:41.840 --> 0:49:43.719 is not a scam. It's real. It's legit. 0:49:43.880 --> 0:49:45.920 And I know you don't trust Google with your passwords, 0:49:45.960 --> 0:49:48.840 but honestly, Carol, I would trust them more than a 0:49:48.840 --> 0:49:52.160 lot of people with my passwords, better than having them 0:49:52.160 --> 0:49:54.200 out in the open web, which it sounds like one 0:49:54.200 --> 0:49:57.000 of your passwords made it there. How does a password 0:49:57.000 --> 0:50:00.600 make it to the open Web. Well, a site gets compromised, 0:50:00.640 --> 0:50:02.920 and so what happens is when a site gets hacked, 0:50:04.120 --> 0:50:07.719 all those passwords from that website in many cases are 0:50:07.800 --> 0:50:10.960 exposed on the open Web, and what happens is you 0:50:11.040 --> 0:50:13.520 get those passwords out there and next thing you know, 0:50:14.760 --> 0:50:19.359 these hackers try them on other websites and with your credentials. 0:50:19.719 --> 0:50:21.960 So you definitely don't want those floating around and you 0:50:22.000 --> 0:50:24.719 definitely don't want to use a compromised password continually. 0:50:25.080 --> 0:50:27.960 So change those passwords. And good question. 0:50:28.520 --> 0:50:31.160 I'm glad you're on the lookout for this kind of stuff. 0:50:31.520 --> 0:50:38.799 And yeah, so there you have it. All right, one 0:50:38.840 --> 0:50:41.440 more question before we go. Good morning, Rich. I am 0:50:41.480 --> 0:50:47.880 looking for facial recognition technology to support my genealogical research 0:50:48.320 --> 0:50:52.279 identifying old photographs, at least allowing me to group photographs 0:50:52.280 --> 0:50:55.560 of the same person. I heard your interview at Jennifer 0:50:55.640 --> 0:50:58.960 Jones Lee on KFI about animating old photographs, and I 0:50:59.000 --> 0:51:01.920 was wondering if you have any ideas. I've performed several 0:51:01.960 --> 0:51:04.680 searches and have not found anything at a consumer level 0:51:04.680 --> 0:51:07.839 that is affordable. Most are for police and security, which 0:51:07.880 --> 0:51:10.239 does not meet my simple requirements. I am wondering if 0:51:10.280 --> 0:51:13.760 you have any ideas. Thank you for your time, Carl. Well, Carl, 0:51:13.840 --> 0:51:16.680 I do have an idea, and it's so simple it's 0:51:16.719 --> 0:51:20.239 going to be mind boggling and here's the thing. So 0:51:20.440 --> 0:51:22.720 often we always look for these you know, you probably 0:51:22.960 --> 0:51:26.319 typed in facial recognition for photographs or something, and it 0:51:26.360 --> 0:51:29.400 probably came up with all these high end solutions, like 0:51:29.440 --> 0:51:32.160 you said, for law enforcement or whatever. 0:51:33.160 --> 0:51:34.640 But here's the easiest way to do it. 0:51:35.080 --> 0:51:38.719 Just toss these photos into Google Photos and boom, let 0:51:38.760 --> 0:51:40.920 it do its thing and it will find all the 0:51:40.960 --> 0:51:46.080 people in those photos with the same faces. So easy, right, 0:51:46.840 --> 0:51:50.359 And so I love this feature in Google Photos. They 0:51:50.360 --> 0:51:54.000 are the best. Apple also has this feature built into 0:51:54.200 --> 0:51:55.320 their Photos program. 0:51:55.360 --> 0:51:55.839 You can do that. 0:51:55.880 --> 0:51:59.439 I think Google is pretty good, and I think it's 0:51:59.480 --> 0:52:01.520 just a little bit easier, and it's free and it's simple, 0:52:01.560 --> 0:52:03.319 and you can use it on the web. That's what 0:52:03.360 --> 0:52:05.799 I would do. In fact, I'll let you take it 0:52:05.800 --> 0:52:08.919 one step further. When I digitized a bunch of old 0:52:09.000 --> 0:52:11.840 videos from when I was a kid, it will even 0:52:11.880 --> 0:52:15.759 search for faces inside those videos, which is just seriously, 0:52:15.840 --> 0:52:19.080 seriously cool. So back in the day, you know, you 0:52:19.280 --> 0:52:22.000 record a home video that was like two hours long, 0:52:22.360 --> 0:52:24.799 not like today where we take these short clips and 0:52:25.000 --> 0:52:26.960 Google just goes through and all the faces in that 0:52:26.960 --> 0:52:29.440 photo in that video are now also logged. So if 0:52:29.440 --> 0:52:33.600 you have you know Uncle Adam a picture of Uncle 0:52:33.640 --> 0:52:37.279 Adam boom. It will also identify Uncle Adam in the 0:52:37.360 --> 0:52:40.120 videos that you upload. So I think Google Photos is 0:52:40.160 --> 0:52:41.960 the simplest way to do it. I think it's an 0:52:42.000 --> 0:52:45.600 amazing way to do it. It's free, it's cheap, well it's 0:52:45.640 --> 0:52:48.279 free and or cheap depending on how many pictures you have. 0:52:48.440 --> 0:52:52.560 It's simple, it's easy, it's available, and not much that 0:52:52.600 --> 0:52:53.759 you have to do to figure that out. 0:52:53.880 --> 0:52:57.800 So great, great question there, Carl. Good question to answer 0:52:58.480 --> 0:53:02.080 to end the show, because guess what that sound means? 0:53:02.200 --> 0:53:04.520 That is gonna do it for this episode of the show. 0:53:04.600 --> 0:53:06.799 If you have a question for me to answer, you 0:53:06.840 --> 0:53:09.640 can submit it two ways. Just go to Richontech dot 0:53:09.680 --> 0:53:12.319 tv slash podcast hit the microphone button to leave me 0:53:12.360 --> 0:53:15.399 a voicemail, or go to my Facebook page Facebook dot 0:53:15.400 --> 0:53:17.920 com slash rich on tech and hit the big blue 0:53:18.520 --> 0:53:23.040 send email button. 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